MANCHESTER UNITED'S TEAM NEWS FOR SPURS CLASH

Chris Smalling and Luke Shaw have been ruled out of
Manchester United's home meeting with Tottenham
Hotspur on Sunday but Eric Bailly should be able to
play his first Premier League game since October.

Bailly appeared to pick up an injury during the
second half of Thursday's 2-0 win over Zorya
Luhansk but soldiered on and produced an
impressive performance in his first outing after
sustaining a knee problem at Chelsea almost seven
weeks ago.
When asked whether England internationals Smalling
and Shaw could return this weekend, the boss said
"not Sunday, no" but confirmed there were "no
problems" with Bailly, who will be absent for a
different reason next month when he represents Ivory
Coast in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Mourino admitted that will be a "big loss", adding:
"Let's hope Smalling can recover in time to replace
him in the squad because, with so many matches, we
need players. At the moment, we have Phil Jones,
Bailly and Marcos Rojo [as centre-backs]. We play
Tottenham, West Brom and Reading, West Ham away
[among others] - in that period we have a lot of
matches and it is important to have players."
Full-backs Matteo Darmian and Antonio Valencia,
plus ex-Spurs midfielder Michael Carrick, did not
make the trip to Ukraine after starting against Everton
but will hopefully be fresh and available at the
weekend. Juan Mata may have picked up a knock in
Odessa, judging by the discussions he was having
after being substituted, while David De Gea is
expected to return in goal in place of Sergio Romero,
despite another clean sheet for the Argentinian.
Wayne Rooney is free from his domestic suspension
after serving a one-match ban at Everton and the
skipper will be hoping to get a chance to find the net
against Spurs, a club he has often tormented in the
past, as he continues to chase United's all-time
goals record.
"We expect more goals from him but we expect more
goals from everyone," added Mourinho. "Maybe
Zlatan [Ibrahimovic] is the one [main goal threat] but
maybe, as the main striker, it's normal he has scored
more goals."